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The track i visited in the 1980s which hosted WTC rounds (ect) ( Lee took Penhall from the back in one round) was far superior to today's track.

The decision to go with race bibs in 2018 was to reflect the 70th Anniversary - that logo was then reflected in a load of new merchandise and will be retained as part of the club design. MF has already stated that team kevlars are a possibility for 2019 and he may consider each set being sponsored by/auctioned off to individuals - subject I guess to whether there is any main team branding or if one of the existing sponsors is given more prominence. Its not as if Poole were the only team not to have team kevlars last season!! Just to be clear, money isn't tight at Poole - its just currently tighter than it has been in recent seasons and yes that is possibly also to do with MF publicly wishing to step away (which he won't do if he doesn't get a suitable buyer!). Finding a suitable buyer and having a trusted day-to-day management/promotion team in place for when he's away I would suggest is higher up his list of priorities than getting a main sponsor. (NB. Still plenty of time for both!) The club hasn't run at a loss for many seasons - despite the horrendous losses due to rain-offs at the start of last season. The 'loss' of the 2017/18 Main sponsor - Poole Volvo - was somewhat expected as it was only a 2-year deal. What has put MF on the back foot somewhat is the loss of the 2 other sponsoring companies - both of which are due to financial pressures in their respective businesses. In one case it is due to a major costly business expansion which has currently led to a withdrawal of all sponsorship - not just speedway. What annoys me somewhat are the continual jibes from so-called Poole fans - I expect it from opposition 'fans'! - when the 2019 team retains 4 of the successful 2018 team, thereby retaining some continuity, brings back a club asset and at the same time manages to do it within the 42.50 team building limit, by losing 2.5 points from the 2018 ending team - and we're still only in January - 3 months before Poole's season commences. Rant over. COYP

No truth in the suggestion whatsoever.

Difficult to understand negativity from fans of a club that wins so much.....I'm happy enough with 2 titles in my lifetime!

I could give you Jack but in my opinion Holder isnt as good as Fricke now.

Do they make electric cars

Ford running a tight ship is a good thing ,he has assembled a decent side within a budget he should be applauded.

I doubt they bother reading your crap either.

Neither are yours all you do is moan.

And a nice piece on young Archie Freeman too

Jack Holder is no way better than Chris at the moment- maybe will be but not at present.

Great article in last weeks speedway star about the all conquering 1976 Diamonds. Horrified to discover that one of my all time favourite Diamonds is a Berwick fan!!!

So Jenga is fishing with his constant Glasgow digs , and here was me thinking you were semi-intelligent. Jenga has not got the brain cell capacity to go on that many fishing trips, just a summary on his years of crap but he is like marmite personally I enjoy reading his drivel I am usually left shaking my head in dis-belief but it is amusing at the same time.

And by having the ref firmly on your side and MPT's injury....

Who is better on his average ? Linus is a decent rider...

In the late 90's there was a request for riders to be allowed programable ignition systems, which would auto do the settings for different stages in the racing. A vote was held with all league riders, and there was a majority of riders who didn't want such an extra expense. So when I knew that Seemond had a switch on his bars, I knew it was an attempt to change the ignition setting from retard at the start gate, to normal after the first bend. I pointed this out during the meeting, hence why Seemond stopped using it, but after the referee refused to do anything about it, Seemond went back to using it and won his last race. They definitely worked. Just a pity that at a later year 2002, Davey Watt hadn't used one and he might have reached the first bend with everyone else. Instead of tootling around at the back for the 3 rides we allowed him.

Sorry but I don't use or have any desire to use Facebook, so alternatives are most welcome.

Pity nigel Pearson can't pronounce it properly

Seems that Stoke are looking for another rider as they have just realised that Paul Burnett fractured his leg over a month ago before they announced his signing. Thought it was very strange that they announced his signing while he was laid up with a bad fracture. Anyway, they've finally caught on and issued this statement.... STOKE’S pre-season injury jinx has struck for a second season with Paul Burnett being ruled out due to breaking his leg in an accident at work. Potters promoter Dave Tattum commented “It was great knowing we had our team in place and then I had a phone call off Paul informing us that he’d been injured at work. We then waited a little while awaiting outcomes from the hospital and Paul has now had to have an external fixator fitted to his leg resulting in there being no chance of him being fit to race by the start of the season. All of us here at Stoke send our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Paul.”

It's not a competition! Most people make a mixture of positive and negative views depending the teams situation. But yours all seem to be negative lately. Good to see a positive one. Also I am happy with the team selection so I don't need to moan

Great to see Max in this kind of form but Tungate shows what a force he is down under.....if he could conquer inconsistency he would be a top performer but you can't knock his average , not everyone cuppa but I don' mind Hobbit ...very impressed with Lidsey also must be looking at 6+ this season

I*o*y......

Jaimon’s total is 38.... impressive... he looks to be a good asset at reserve on 4 points Looking forward to see him racing in 2019

a nice quiet chap . still got a picture somewhere of him in his blu n white Big C jumper . often seen him @ Cockermouth car boot .still looked the same as he did way back . a truley stand out supporter . RIP big fella .

Also nearly forgot a young Mr Lambert who has also burst onto the scene big time last season. One more rider that the 2 Aussies have to possibly overcome in the quest for Wildcards :-)

quite agree chris is still better than jack and max people seem to forget is private life as been topsy turvy for the last couple years

why are you making my P/Boro, which is obviously a shortening of Peterborough into a silly slanging match.

MDL and SDL are on Feb 2nd and I believe the NJL is on the following day.

Thank you for these very illuminating facts

Made in Ampshire or maybe Wattford ?

Hell yeah..

Wtf?? You moan about the team not being strong enough and then you are moaning about changes??

Accoring to http://www.svemo.se/sv/ in 2019 Sundström is riding for Piraterna in Elitserien & VIP Speedway in Allsvenskan. Both clubs are based at Motala.

the chances of any houses etc being built on any contaminated/mining areas are quite high now compared to decades ago . land can be developed for building at almost every part of the uk . its only the so called green belt areas that have their rights to no new builds being put up on the areas . even so , green belt land is being built on all the time now due to housing shortage so really any piece of land is not safe from developers . even those with mine shafts and underwater natural drainage . so who knows , in a few years time ashfield could be a new housing complex or even a supermarket . thats a coupe of iudeas for the faccues to get their money back from previous losses ! what i dont need now is a sad and confused reply from the dangerous brothers . i just replied to snappers post .

Correct decision then. It’s never been a secret.

The chance of the land at Ashfield ever being built is very slim due to the fact the land is believe to be contaminated, it was an old railway works and lots of stuff was dumped there hence the name Ashfield and not fit for housing also there is a fault underneath. Just ask the owners of the houses behind the 3rd and 4th bends. The initial planning permission was rejected by the council and the developers only got it through on appeal but the home owners have had many problems with two of the houses having to be almost rebuilt due to subsidence.

Sundstrom may also be a bit more desperate to ride UK again. He has lost his team in POL Nice 1 for 2019 after their dodgy boss was refused a racing licence thus dumping plenty of decent riders without a team after the POL transfer window closed and all teams were filled andseemed happy. Believe he is talking to several other clubs but as it stands he only has Sweden. He dropped to a decent av at Poole but not one you can rely on. Will do a decent job with reasonable heat leaders in the side but wouldn't like to bank on him when needed. Still his GSA makes him a decent proposition if not too costly as no doubt flights/equip/mechanics/accomodation costs do rack up. Even Poole have had to reduce cost in that area.

I thought we were supposedly vulnerable in heats 13 and 15 in 2018 - yet not only did we make the play-offs but we won the Premiership trophy too.

Just out of interest who made these “pit comments” at Undera ?

So a new major sponsor comes on board and the press release has the disclaimer, 2 months before the seasons due to start that the team running in the second tier is still subject to approval! Must have big names flocking to have their brands represented with such an organised governing body!! Should be shocked but it is the BSPA we’re dealing with!

You cant help yourself what has sponsors got to do with us, but you have to bring us into it again prize buffoon of the highest order.

Rather than a track closing surely an open licence is the next best option? the BSPA should 100% encourage any track to operate from training tracks upwards!

It’s been posted umpteen times, Kildemand has already ruled out the UK.

Don't forget the track staff, officials, St.Johns (or whoever) would also like to get a cuppa and/or to have a pee!!

Well fair enough, when you know it's futile, then you stop - that's about making an intelligent choice. Part of the problem seems to be that some don't know when to stop!

There isn't anything like the money or global appeal in speedway as there is for even Rugby League, and I'm not convinced Canadian teams in RL makes much sense. Certainly people have lost interest in Super Rugby since it added the teams beyond its core base, and the huge time differences make the whole thing a bit of nightmare for television. League speedway is really only run in Europe so time zones wouldn't be the same issue, but a European competition would only make sense if some decent television or sponsorship deal was secured on the back of it. You couldn't really run such a thing on the expectations of crowd revenue, and I'm not convinced the likes of Poole v Falubaz Zielona Gora on a cold Wednesday night would really have as much appeal as Poole v Swindon for the average fan, although you could maybe stage away 'tours' as a couple of matches at a time which might appeal to some fans. I don't honestly think Poland would have much to gain from this nowadays, and it would appeal more to those national leagues where a team or two would like to run at a higher level of competition, but there aren't enough teams in their own country to form a league at the desired level. I actually think it more likely that British teams would run in the Swedish Leagues than the Polish ones. The time to have done a European League was 20 years ago when there was more equality between the three or four main leagues and cable and satellite televisions were looking for cheap content. It would also have been a good opportunity for those leagues to have taken control of the SGP and SWC and run those competitions for their own benefit. But no-one wanted to look at the big picture, speedway is now way off the radar as a marketable sport and everyone within the sport is just fighting over scraps these days.

One year from now, the beginning of the 90's will be 30 years past. I think Backtrack started in 2004, only 14 years after the end of the 80's, so I guess there is a case for expanding the coverage into the 90's. Personally, I would have little interest in the 90's because the decline was well and truly beginning and things would never be the same again.

Top 4 Sheffield Redcar Edinburgh Somerset Workington to do a Sheffield and finish bottom , they would have been top 4 if they had got Rasmus Jensen back strange they didnt sign him up again.

Top 4 1.Sheffield 2. Somerset 3. Eastbourne 4. Redcar Bottom 4 Glasgow Newcastle Scunthorpe Birmingham